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HP to be releasing Pico Projector integrated laptops

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:37:14 +0000

HP plans to market two mobile PC solutions this year – the tablet and a notebook with an integrated pico projector.

According to DigiTimes, Monty Wong, VP of HP in Taiwan, mentioned that HP also plans place the pico projector where the webcam is normally located.

The pico projector notebooks will mainly be produced by Quanta Computer and will launch after HP launches a few standalone pico projectors on to the market.

The idea isn’t new, however, and delays in production have been due to cooling solutions. We should be seeing news from HP soon.

MSI Projector PC

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:32:21 +0000

CES 2010 – Las Vegas, Nevada – MSI unveils its concept prototype – the MSI Projector PC.

According to Engadget, the MSI Projector PC blasts HD video at about the quality of a micro projector. They also mention that the brightness is notably a step above the pico projector levels.

Essentially, the MSI Projector PC is a micro projector with a PC and DVD drive built in to it. The plan is to pair it with their wireless mouse and keyboard for living room use. The advantages are merely novelty as one can easily plug in a laptop or PC to most pico and micro projectors as it is. MSI conveniently bundles up the idea in to one small package.

Microvision to develop micro projector based shooter video game

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:37:56 +0000

It has been news for awhile, but Microvision is releasing a micro projector based first person shooter video game controller.

The guys at CrunchGear had a first hand test of the Microvision product and seem to be very excited about it for a few different factors.

The first factor they mention is that the projector is based off of Microvision’s SHOWWX pico projector. The projector is modified to create an 848×480 image that always stays in focus. They reiterate that it is always in focus. Further, the pico projector is mounted on to a plastic gun to create the controller. The gun itself is equipped with motion detectors that let you go as far left, right, up or down as you want to go.

The most impressing thing, they mention, is that there is no lag between movement of the gun and video recognition of movement. Impressive new technology!